Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club
At this sophisticated seaside sanctuary with its small-town charm, a refresh of its big-time amenities has wowed everyone, especially its members When you are part of a cherished, one-of-a-kind paradise, like Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club, it is tempting to leave everything “as is,” but members decided that enhancements could be made without changing […]
Golf, Health, and Wellness at the Bonita Bay Club
It’s not enough to offer extraordinary golf and tennis today. Bonita Bay Club makes sure its members stay fit and are healthy enough to enjoy Club life for many years. If you’re standing still, you’re losing ground. That is the philosophy that Bonita Bay Club, the largest club in southwest Florida, lives by. While health and […]
Desert Golf: Tom Fazio’s Estancia Club
By George Peper When it comes to courses on a dinner menu, dessert may be the favorite, but among golf courses, the one-s variety—desert—is surely the least palatable. Scan the top 100 rankings and you’ll find only one or two. There are exceptions, however, and at the top of the list is Tom Fazio’s […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: 17-Mile Drive
By James A. Frank In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. […]
Five Questions for Mike Keiser, Founder of Bandon Dunes
If you were building Bandon Dunes today, would you do anything differently given what you now know? Bigger kitchens and dining room. Simple as that. We had no idea how popular it was going to be. It was perfectly possible that no one was going to turn up. And being the cheapskate that I am, […]
100 Years of Pebble Beach: The Academy
In 2019, Pebble Beach Golf Links will celebrate its 100th birthday and host its sixth U.S. Open. To commemorate these milestones, each issue of LINKS Magazine and LINKSdigital between now and then will tell the unique story that is Pebble Beach. Those articles will also be shared here on our website. Combining technology with the human […]
Is a Club Champion Club Fitting Worth the Money?
I started playing golf at the age of seven, and as one of six sons I naturally started with an older brother’s hand-me-down clubs. Over the years, my clubs gradually lengthened and changed, but I never owned a set fit for my swing. Despite this, I hit my irons pretty well, on a good day […]
Fun is the Name of the Game at The Cradle, Pinehurst
Golf is too hard, too expensive, and too time-consuming. These preconceptions about the game are exactly what Gil Hanse and Pinehurst owner Bob Dedman are looking to shatter with the resort’s new short course, The Cradle. The nine-hole, 789-yard layout is the latest in a string of fun-loving short courses to be built in the […]
Berkeley Hall Club is a Serious Golfer’s Paradise
Home to The Players Amateur (one of the premier amateur events in the country), a 33-acre Golf Practice and Learning Center, and two golf courses by Tom Fazio, Berkeley Hall Club has been a serious golfer’s paradise since it first opened in 2001 on the banks of the Okatie River, just minutes from Hilton […]
Morgan Hoffmann Announces He Has Muscular Dystrophy
In a post on The Players’ Tribune Monday, PGA Tour pro Morgan Hoffmann announced that he has been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is an incurable disease that results in the progressive loss of muscle mass. Per the Mayo Clinic, “some people who have muscular dystrophy will eventually lose the ability to walk. […]
